This was found in Louisville Ky, I noticed when I found it I noticed the gold sparkle. Not sure if it’s fools gold? Not a expert on rock so any help would be greatly appreciated!
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A few ways here to test if it's real gold
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Under what conditions was it found (in a field with other rocks, in a stream with other rocks, etc.)? Louisville, KY, eh? I never heard of gold being found anywhere near that area. The nearest that gold has been found to the Louisville area is in NC and TN in some of the mountainous areas. Gold usually but not always occurs embedded in quartz. My guess is that it is not gold. Break it open and see what the inside looks like and tell us what you see or better yet show us some pics.
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Not much of a chance since they can get to 3000 degrees entering the atmosphere. The gold would vaporize
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No, not a meteorite. There's no reason why pockets of gold (if present) could not survive atmospheric passage in a meteorite despite the temperatures it experiences. But, because of the processes by which meteoritic material as formed, it doesn't contain significant amounts of gold. No meteorites have been found with a level above 10 parts per million and generally its much lower than that.
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